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Witchcraft today : an encyclopedia of Wiccan and neopagan traditions / by Lewis, James R.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-326) and index.
Subjects: Witchcraft; Neopaganism; Magic;
© c1999., ABC-CLIO,
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Cults in America : a reference handbook / by Lewis, James R.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. A tale of two new religions ; Religious persecution in nineteenth-century America ; Emergence of the contemporary cult controversy and the "brainwashing" debate ; Stereotypes and public perceptions of the cult issue ; The appeal of new religions ; Social influence in genuinely dangerous religions -- Chronology -- Controversial groups and movements -- Court decisions, legislation, and governmental actions. Relevant court decisions not directly involving contemporary new religions ; Earliest cases involving contemporary new religions ; Deprogramming in court ; Legislative efforts and conservatorship cases ; Ex-member lawsuits against minority religions ; Child abuse and governmental intervention in nontraditional religions ; Tax cases ; Zoning and solicitation ; Libel cases ; The defeat of anticultism in the courts -- Facts and data. Documents ; Statistics -- Organizations and websites. Academic organizations ; Cult information organizations and websites -- Resources. Mainstream scholarship ; Anticult scholarship ; Popular books ; Nonprint resources."This volume examines the controversy surrounding the alternative and controversial religious movements sometimes referred to as cults. Featuring a chronology that documents the milestones in the evolution of alternative religions, this book also contains informative sketches of alternative religious groups in the United States today. Readers will find an overview that discusses the cult controversy; descriptions of important court cases, legislation, and other documents; and a directory of organizations. A comprehensive listing of print and electronic sources completes a volume that will prove beneficial to general readers, students, parents, psychologists, and policymakers."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Cults; Sects;
© c1998., ABC-CLIO,
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Controversial new religions / by Lewis, James R.; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.;
A family for the twenty-first century / James D. Chancellor -- Spirit revelation and the Unification Church / James A. Beverley -- Reconstructing reality: conspiracy theories about Jonestown / Rebecca Moore -- Explaining militarization at Waco: the construction and convergence of the warfare narrative / Stuart A. Wright -- Family development and change in the Hare Krishna movement / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. -- When leaders dissolve: considering controversy and stagnation in the Osho Rajneesh movement / Marion S. Goldman -- Soka Gakkai: searching for the mainstream / Robert Kisala -- Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum incident: a critical introduction / Martin Repp -- The Falun Gong: a new religious movement in post-Mao China / David Ownby -- Notes on the Aumist religion / PierLuigi Zocatelli -- Inventing L. Ron Hubbard: on the construction and maintenance of the hagiographic mythology of Scientology's founder / Dorth Reflund Christensen -- The Theosophical Society / James A. Santucci -- The Solar Temple "transits": beyond the millennialist hypothesis / James R. Lewis -- From Atlantis to America: JZ Knight encounters Ramtha / Gail M. Harley -- Heart and soul: a qualitative look at the ethos of the movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness / Diana G. Tumminia -- "Come on up and I will show thee": Heaven's Gate as a postmodern group / George D. Chryssides -- The RaeÌlian movement: concocting controversy-seeking social legitimacy / Susan Palmer -- White racist religions in the United States: from Christian Identity to Wolf Age Pagans / Mattias Gardell -- Modern Satanism: dark doctrines and black flames / Jesper Aagaard Petersen.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Cults.;
© 2005., Oxford University Press,
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Scientology / by Lewis, James R.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Scientology.;
© c2009., Oxford University Press,
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Frank Capra's Mr. Smith goes to Washington [videorecording] / by Buchman, Sidney,1902-1975.; Capra, Frank,1897-1991.; Tiomkin, Dimitri,1894-1979.cmp; Arthur, Jean,1900-1991.; Stewart, James,1908-1997.; Rains, Claude,1889-1967.; Arnold, Edward,1890-1956.; Foster, Lewis R.,1898-1974.; Columbia Pictures Corporation.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
DVD; Dolby digital mono.Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi.Story, Lewis R. Foster; director of photography, Joseph Walker; film editors, Gene Havlick, Al Clark; musical score, Dimitri Tiomkin.Not rated.Washington's youngest senator exposes corruption in high places, almost at the cost of his career.Academy Award: Best screenplay (original story)Start -- Having kittens -- The Hopper family -- Star-spangled banquet -- At the station -- Saunders -- Daniel Boone arrives -- Press conference -- Paine & Saunders -- The U.S. Senate -- Washington press corps -- Paine's recommendation -- National boys' camp -- New bills & resolutions -- "Let's get married." -- Whistle-blower -- Taylor meets Smith -- "I compromised." -- Yielding to Paine -- Committee hearing -- The Lincoln Memorial -- Smith is recognized -- Paine walks out -- Filibuster! -- Democracy in action -- "Tell Jeff to stop." -- 23 hours, 16 minutes -- Paine breaks.
Subjects: Feature films.; Feature films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. Congress. Senate; Political corruption; Spanish language materials; Portuguese language materials;
© [1999], Columbia TriStar Home Video,
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"If elected--" : unsuccessful candidates for the presidency, 1796-1968 / by Miller, Lillian B.; National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution).Historian's Office.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-492).From the Constitution to the emergence of parties, 1787-1796: Thomas Jefferson (1796) -- Thomas Pinckney (1796) -- 1800: "Revolution in principles": John Adams (1800) -- Aaron Burr (1800) -- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1804) -- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1808) -- George Clinton (1808) -- DeWitt Clinton (1812) -- Rufus King (1816) -- 1820: Era of good feelings and the end of an age -- 1824: "Corrupt bargain": William Harris Crawford (1824) -- Henry Clay (1824) -- Andrew Jackson (1824) -- John Quincy Adams (1828) -- Henry Clay (1832) -- William Wirt (1832) -- Daniel Webster (1836) -- William Henry Harrison (1836) -- Hugh Lawson White (1836) -- 1840: Log cabin and hard cider democracy: Martin Van Buren (1840) -- Henry Clay (1844) -- James Gillespie Birney (1844) -- Lewis Cass (1848) -- Martin Van Buren (1848) -- Gerrit Smith (1848) -- Winfield Scott (1852) -- John Parker Hale (1852) -- John C. Fremont (1856) -- Millard Fillmore (1856) -- 1860: "House Divided": Stephen A. Douglas (1860) -- John Cabell Breckinridge (1860) -- John Bell (1860) -- George B. McClellan (1864) -- Horatio Seymour (1868) -- Horace Greeley (1872) -- Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1872) -- Charles O'Conor (1872) -- James Black (1872) -- 1876: Bargains and compromise: Samuel J. Tilden (1876) -- Peter Cooper (1876) -- Winfield Scott Hancock (1880) -- James B. Weaver (1880) Neal Dow (1880) -- James G. Blaine (1884) -- Benjamin F. Butler (1884) -- John P. St. John (1884) -- Belva Ann Lockwood (1884) -- Grover Cleveland (1888) -- Benjamin Harrison (1892) James B. Weaver (1892) -- !896: Silver and a full dinner pail: William Jennings Bryan (1896) -- John McAuley Palmer (1896) -- William Jennings Bryan (1900) -- Alton B. Parker (1904) -- Thomas E. Watson (1904) -- William Jennings Bryan (1908) -- 1912: Progressives all: William Howard Taft (1912) -- Theodore Roosevelt (1912) -- Eugene V. Debs (1912) -- Charles Evans Hughes (1916) -- James Middleton Cox (1920) -- Eugene V. Debs (1920) -- John W. Davis (1924) -- Robert M. LaFollette (1924) -- Alfred E. Smith (1928) -- Norman Thomas (1928) -- 1932: Democracy confronts depression -- Herbert Hoover (1932) -- James R. Cox (1932) -- Jacob S. Coxey (1932) -- Alfred M. Landon (1932) -- Earl Browder (1932) -- William Lemke (1936) -- Wendell Wilkie (1940) -- Thomas E. Dewey (1944) -- Gerald L. K. Smith(1944) -- 1948: Pollsters confounded: Thomas E. Dewey (1948) -- Henry A. Wallace (1948) -- Strom Thurmond (1948) -- 1952: Time for a change: Adlai Stevenson (1952) -- Eric Hass (1952) -- Adlai Stevenson (1956) -- Richard M. Nixon (1960) -- Barry M. Goldwater (1964) -- Hubert H. Humphrey (1968) -- George Wallace (1968) -- Eldridge Cleaver (1968).
Subjects: Presidential candidates; Presidents;
© 1972., Published for the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, by the Smithsonian Institution Press : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
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The conspirator [videorecording] / by Redford, Robert.prodrt; Solomon, James(James D.)ausaut; Bernstein, Gregory,1955-aut; Shapiro, Greg.pro; Holderman, Bill.pro; Falk, Brian.pro; Stone, Robert,1964-pro; Ricketts, Joe.pro; Samuels, Jeremiah.pro; Stone, Webster,1960-pro; McAvoy, James,1979-act; Wright, Robin,1966-act; Kline, Kevin.act; Wood, Evan Rachel,1987-act; Huston, Danny,1962-act; Long, Justin,1978-act; Meaney, Colm,1953-act; Bledel, Alexis,1982-act; Dale, James Badge,1978-act; Kebbell, Toby.act; Simmons, Johnny,1986-act; Reedus, Norman,1969-act; Cullum, John,1930-act; True, Jim.act; Groff, Jonathan.act; Root, Stephen.act; Bauer, Chris.act; Andrews, David,1952-act; Wilkinson, Tom,1948-act; Isham, Mark.cmp; Jennings, Thomas.ausdrt; Tom Jennings Productions, Inc.; Roadside Attractions (Firm); American Film Manufacturing Company.; Wildwood Enterprises.; Lions Gate Films.;
DVD-video; region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, for 16x9 televisions.James McAvoy (Nicholas Baker), Robin Wright (Mary Surratt), Kevin Kline (Edwin Stanton), Evan Rachel Wood (Anna Surratt), Danny Huston (Joseph Holt), Justin Long (Nicholas Baker), Colm Meaney (General Hunter), Alexis Bledel (Sarah Weston), James Badge Dale (William Hamilton), Toby Kebbell (John Wilkes Booth), Johnny Simmons (John Surratt), Norman Reedus (Lewis Payne), John Cullum (Justice Wylie), Jim True-Frost (General Hartranft), Jonathan Groff (Louis Weichmann), Stephen Root (John Lloyd), Chris Bauer (Major Smith), David Andrews (Father Walter), Tom Wilkinson (Reverdy Johnson).Director of photography, Newton Thomas Sigel ; production designer, Kalina Ivanov ; editor, Craig McKay ; costume designer, Louise Frogley ; music, Mark Isham ; consulting historians, Frederic L. Borch, James McPherson, Thomas R. Turner.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violent content.In the wake of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State. The lone woman charged, Mary Surratt, 42, owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met and planned the simultaneous attacks. Against the ominous back-drop of post-Civil War Washington, newly-minted lawyer Frederick Aiken, a 28-year-old Union war hero, reluctantly agrees to defend Surratt before a military tribunal. As the trial unfolds, Aiken realizes his client may be innocent and that she is being used as bait and hostage in order to capture the only conspirator to have escaped a massive manhunt--her own son.
Subjects: Historical films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Melodramas (Motion pictures); Feature films; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Surratt, Mary E. (Mary Eugenia), 1820-1865; Military courts; Trials (Assassination); Political crimes and offenses; Presidents; Conspiracies;
© c2011., Lions Gate Films,
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Then came the fire : personal accounts from the Pentagon, 11 September 2001 / by Lofgren, Stephen J.;
Overview: On the morning of 11 September 2001, Middle Eastern terrorists hijacked four passenger airliners along the east coast of the United States, one of which they flew into the Pentagon. The crash, ensuing fire, and smoke killed 125 military personnel, Department of Defense civilians, and contractors in the Pentagon in addition to those on the plane. For hundreds of the building's occupants, the period after the crash was a struggle to help themselves and coworkers escape and survive. Two days after the attack, the U.S. Army Center of Military History began an extensive project to document the historic event through oral history interviews. Published for the incident's tenth anniversary, Then Came the Fire is an anthology of excerpts from those interviews. This collection highlights the personal accounts of participants who witnessed some aspect of the events in the Pentagon that day: the survivors, some of whom were injured; policemen; firefighters; medical personnel; observers; others involved in the rescue and recovery efforts; and building occupants who began picking up the pieces.Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword -- Preface -- Brig Gen Clyde A Vaughn -- Alan Wallace -- Michael DiPaula -- Yvette Buzard -- Richard M Hudnall -- Maj Lorie A Brown -- Assistant Fire Chief James H Schwartz -- Capt Thomas Panther -- Ceci Mayhew -- Leona G Shaw -- Col Joseph M Tedesco Jr -- Charlene Ryan -- Neal Shelley -- Sheila Moody -- Janice A Jackson -- Charles Young -- Col Mark Perrin -- Maj David Irvin -- Capt Darrell Oliver -- Capt Lincoln Leibner -- Lt Col Victor M Correa -- Lt Col Thomas Cleary III -- Lt Col Brian D Birdwell -- Melanie Birdwell -- Brenda Hirschi -- Maj David J King Jr -- Maj Gen Peter W Chiarelli -- Col Mark Volk -- Col Marcus A Kuiper -- Brig Gen Karl W Eikenberry -- Maj Gen John R Wood -- Lt Col Isabelle Slifer -- Col Philip A McNair -- Dalisay Olaes -- Martha Carden -- Dr Betty Maxfield -- Sgt Maj Tony Rose -- John D Yates -- Maj John Lewis Thurman -- Col Edwin Morehead -- Lt Col Adrian Erckenbrack -- Robert L Jaworski -- Arthur Santana -- Maj Craig Collier -- Maj Jeanette K Stone -- Assistant Fire Chief James H Schwartz -- 1st Lt Steven Cunningham -- Assistant Fire Chief James H Schwartz -- Col J Edgar Wakayama -- Arthur Santana -- Lt Col Tracy Bryant -- Assistant Fire Chief James H Schwartz -- Brenda Hirschi -- Maj Gen John R Wood -- Charlene Ryan -- Maj Craig Collier -- Sgt Maj Tony Rose -- Col Henry A Haynes -- Spec Lauren Panfili -- Assistant Fire Chief James H Schwartz -- Deputy Bob McFarland -- Thomas N Kuhn -- 1st Sgt Steven Stokes -- Capt William Besterman -- Capt Lance Green -- Steven E Beck and Michael E Shea -- David A Nanney -- Maj Willis T Leavitt -- Sandi Hanish -- Col Roy Wallace -- Col Marcus A Kuiper -- Col Joseph M Tedesco Jr -- Brenda Hirschi -- Leona G Shaw -- Maj Jeanette K Stone -- Sheila Moody -- Lt Col Isabelle Slifer -- Col Marcus A Kuiper -- Martha Carden -- Abbreviations -- Index.
Subjects: Pentagon (Va.); September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Victims of terrorism;
© 2011., Center of Military History, United States Army,
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The Supreme Court justices : illustrated biographies, 1789-2012 / by Cushman, Clare,editor.; Supreme Court Historical Society.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-538) and index.List of biographies -- Foreword-- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Introduction -- Biographies of the Justices -- Members of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Author affiliations -- Bibliography: -- General sources on the Supreme Court and the Justices -- Sources on individual Justices -- Books about the Supreme Court for young readers -- Books about Supreme Court Justices for young readers-- Index.Book Description: The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies 1789-2012, Third Edition provides a single-volume reference profiling every Supreme Court justice from John Jay through Elena Kagan. An original essay on each justice paints a vivid picture of his or her individuality as shaped by family, education, pre-Court career, and the times in which he or she lived. Each biographical essay also presents the major issues on which the justice presided. Essays are arranged in the order of the justices' appointments. Lively anecdotes along with portraits, photographs, and political cartoons enrich the text and deepen readers' understanding of the justices and of the Court. The volume includes an extensive bibliography and is indexed for easy research access. New in this edition are: a foreword by Chief Justice John G. Roberts; a revised essay on Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist; updated essays on sitting or recently retired members of the court; new biographies for Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Elena Kagan, and Sonia M. Sotomayor; an updated listing of members of the Supreme Court with appointment and confirmation dates; and an updated bibliography with key sources on the Supreme Court and the justices. For insightful background and lively commentary on the individuals who have served on the Supreme Court of the United States, there is no better reference than this updated new volume. This is a vital reference work for researchers, students, and others interested in the Supreme Court's past, present, and future.
Subjects: Judges; United States. Supreme Court; United States. Supreme Court;
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A Christmas treasury / by Newcombe, Jack.;
The fir tree / H.C. Andersen -- Saint Stephen was a clerk ; I saw three ships / Anonymous -- The cat on the Doverfell / P.C. AsbjoÌrnsen and J. Moe -- The ghost of Christmas Eve / J.M. Barrie -- Of argonauts and holly weaths / J. Baur -- The white road / E.F. Bozman -- Christmas Eve / R. Browning -- A Christmas memory / T. Capote -- December night / W. Cather -- Christmas is a sad season for the poor / J. Cheever -- What was the Christmas star? / A.C. Clarke -- Christmas in Maine / R.P.T Coffin -- The Christmas tree / S.T. Coleridge -- Christmas Eve / A. Cooke -- The Christmas gift / J. Coons -- A Christmas dinner won in battle / S. Crane -- Little tree / E.E. Cummings -- Santa Claus / W. de la Mare -- A Christmas chapter ; The holly-tree / C. Dickens -- The Festival of St. Nicholas / M.M. Dodge -- A little boy at Christ's Chrismas tree / F. Dostoevsky -- An Iowa Christmas / P. Engle -- A Christmas gift of music, long ago / H. Fantel -- The first Christmas tree / E. Field -- Christmas trees / R. Frost -- Dulce domum / K. Grahame -- The oxen ; Mellstock-Lane ; Going the rounds ; The listeners / T. Hardy -- How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar / B. Harte -- Gifts of the Magi / O. Henry -- Ceremonies for Candelmas / R. Herrick -- On lending a punch-bowl / O.W. Holmes -- The inexhaustability of the subject of Christmas / L. Hunt -- New-fashioned Christmas / A. Huxley -- Christmas Eve / W. Irving -- Paris, Christmas, 1876 / H. James -- Christmas Eve / J. Joyce -- A letter at Christmastime / J. Keats -- A schoolboy's holiday / C. Lamb -- Old folks' Christmas / R.Lardner -- Joy in Freetown / E. Lewis -- Valley Forge : 24 December 1777 / F. Van Wyck Mason -- Dear Madam: We know that you will want to contribute... ; Office party ; Lady selecting her Christmas catrds / P. McGinley -- Shakespeare's Christmas gift to Queen Bess in 1596 / A.B. McMahan -- Merry Christmas / H. Melville -- Christmas story / H.L. Mencken -- A hint for next Christmas / A.A. Milne -- On the morning of Christ's nativity / J. Milton -- A visit from St. Nicholas / C.C. Moore -- The Christmas tobacco ; The tree that didn't get trimmed / C. Morley -- The Christmas that almost wasn't / O. Nash -- Our crafty little Christmas / J. Neary -- The Christmas football match / Oswestry observer -- Celebration in Cherokee Flats / G. Parks -- The Chrsitmas bird count / G. Plimpton -- A Christmas story / K.A. Porter -- The tailor of Gloucester / B. Potter -- The kid hangs up his stocking / J. Riis -- Karma / E.A. Robinson -- Christmas / E. Rossevelt -- Mr. K*A*P*L*A*N and the Magi / L. Rosten -- I am Christmas ; Now is the time of Christmas / J. Ryman -- Reginald's Christmas revel / Saki -- A Brooklyn Christmas / B. Smith -- Tree-shaking day / L. Smith -- The burning babe / R. Southwell -- Christmas at sea / R.L. Stevenson -- The Christmas wreck / F. Stockton -- Christmas on the frontier / J.L. Stratton -- Crisp new bills for Mr. Teagle / F. Sullivan -- Is the a Santa Claus? / The sun -- In memoriam of A.H.H. / Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- Doctor Birch and his young friends / W.M. Thackeray -- Conversation about Christmas / D. Thomas -- A winter walk / H.D. Thoreau -- Merry Christmas / James T. -- Christmas at Claremont / Queen Victoria -- The annual crisis of love / L. Wainwright -- The distant music of the hounds / E.B. White -- An editorial on Chrsitmas Day, 1917 / Wipers times -- The Magi / W.B. Yeats.
Subjects: Christmas;
© 1982., Viking Press,
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